Mirna Curkovic-Perica

Dr. Mirna Curkovic-Perica


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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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11 June 2016 in Pest Management Science
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LKLjiljana Krstin
Ljiljana Krstin
ZKZorana Katanić
Zorana Katanić
MJMarin Ježić
Marin Ježić
IPIgor Poljak
Igor Poljak
LNLucija Nuskern
Lucija Nuskern
MCMirna Curkovic-Perica
Mirna Curkovic-Perica

21 September 2017 in Plant Pathology
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JMJ. Mlinarec
J. Mlinarec
MJMarin Ježić
Marin Ježić
JĆJ. Ćosić
J. Ćosić
MCMirna Curkovic-Perica
Mirna Curkovic-Perica

10 October 2013 in Tree Genetics & Genomes
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MJMarin Ježić
Marin Ježić
LKLjiljana Krstin
Ljiljana Krstin
IPIgor Poljak
Igor Poljak
ZLZlatko Liber
Zlatko Liber
MIMarilena Idžojtić
Marilena Idžojtić
MCMirna Curkovic-Perica
Mirna Curkovic-Perica

3 February 2017 in Microbial Ecology
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LNLucija Nuskern
Lucija Nuskern
MTMirta Tkalec
Mirta Tkalec
MJMarin Ježić
Marin Ježić
ZKZorana Katanić
Zorana Katanić
LKLjiljana Krstin
Ljiljana Krstin
MCMirna Curkovic-Perica
Mirna Curkovic-Perica

4 April 2016 in Plant Pathology
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ZKZ. Katanić
Z. Katanić
LKLj. Krstin
Lj. Krstin
MJMarin Ježić
Marin Ježić
MZM. Zebec
M. Zebec
MCMirna Curkovic-Perica
Mirna Curkovic-Perica

1 July 2018 in Phytopathology®
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MJMarin Ježić
Marin Ježić
JMJelena Mlinarec
Jelena Mlinarec
RVRosemary Vuković
Rosemary Vuković
ZKZorana Katanic
Zorana Katanic
LKLjiljana Krstin
Ljiljana Krstin
MCMirna Curkovic-Perica
Mirna Curkovic-Perica
Invasive species, especially plant pathogens, have a potential to completely eradicate native plant species and remodel landscapes. Tripartite interactions among sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), chestnut blight-causing invasive fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, and hyperparasitic virus Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 (CHV1) were studied in two populations. The number of different vegetative compatibility (vc) types of C. parasitica more than doubled over the 10 years, while the hypovirulence incidence dropped in one population and slightly increased in the other one. Over the course of our 3-year monitoring experiment, the prevalence of hypovirulent isolates obtained from monitored cankers increased slowly (i.e., more hypovirulent isolates were being obtained from the same cankers over time). Within studied cankers, considerable changes in vc type and CHV1 presence were observed, indicating a highly dynamic system in which virulent and hypovirulent mycelia, sometimes of discordant vc types, often appeared together. The increase in hypovirulence prevalence did not have any observable curative effect on the cankers and, occasionally, reactivation of healed cankers by new, virulent C. parasitica isolates was observed. Both short- and long-term observations and revalidation of the infected plant populations are necessary to accurately estimate disease progress and formulate an adequate disease management strategy.